Dr. Robert

Enjoyable Novel by an Extremely Talented Author

Revisado: 04-14-24

This is an emotional and intellectually gratifying listen especially as it is given a fine dramatic narration by Barrie Kreinik when slowed to 90% speed of her interpretation. The younger members of today’s society speak with an almost absurd rapidity and apparently that sad fact is creeping into the Audible Book arena as well. Perhaps the most interesting fact about the novel is that it is primarily concerned with the lives of four females, a mother, two daughters that age over the course of the book and a very young daughter that grows into adulthood, all written by a male author, Evan Hunter, who was married thrice and fathered three sons. However, each of the four female protagonists are believable characters in the ways they act, how they think and what they think about. Hunter exhibits keen insight into the minds of these members of the fairer sex which is frankly surprising when considering how mysterious most women may be perceived by the enlightened male. Let’s face it, does a guy ever know a girl 100% keeping in mind that when you think you have reached a stage in the relationship where that understanding seems achievable, she might very will change. Hopefully, that’s not perceived as a sexist point of view. Perhaps the fact the book takes place in a much more civilized and functional time frame with The Empire at the apex of its domination of the world as opposed to the semi-dysfunctional society in which we live today with The Empire in decline assists Hunter in fleshing out his protagonists in a realistic fashion. Over the course of the approximately twenty years of real time that elapses, from the war years progressing through Ike’s two terms, the listener comes to know these girls/women as well as the men in their lives quite well. One becomes emotionally invested in these characters as well as enjoying the thought-provoking ideas from the pen of Hunter. There are several highly charged dramatic scenes which may enter the sub-genre of “melodrama” but nevertheless elicit, especially for this listener, strong emotional reactions. For this inveterate listener of Audible Books, this particular novel is a treasured find. After an extremely enjoyable listen of the author’s “Strangers When We “Meet”, “M & D” seemed a logical progression. Now, onto Hunter’s best-known work “The Blackboard Jungle”.

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Revisado: 10-21-22

For those listeners interested in the life, the character, and especially the classic films of Buster Keaton, this listen is very educational. Perhaps, every personal stage engagement starting at the age of three, his adjusment to "talkies" and his rediscovery by younger generations is presented. A word of caution, while the narrator has a mellow voice he is apparently young and mispronounces several words. The two that bug the most are that he refers to Joseph Schenk (pronounced "Shenk") as "Skank" and Comique Film Company (pronounced "Comeek") as "Co Mi Kay"). It becomes extremely annoying!

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